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The term sewing circle usually refers to a group of people who meet regularly for the purpose of
The term sewing circle usually refers to a group of people who meet regularly for the purpose of sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fab ...
, often for charitable causes while chatting, gossiping, and/or discussing.
Application to sewing
Sewing circle participants, usually women, typically meet regularly for the purpose of sewing. They often also support charitable causes while chatting, gossiping, and/or discussing. For example, in ante-bellum America, local anti-slavery or missionary "sewing circles were complementary, not competing, organisations that allowedomen
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to act on their concern for creating a more just and moral society". Other examples of sewing circles include the Fragment Society
The Fragment Society is a charitable women's society, founded in 1812 in Boston and incorporated in 1816.Mennonite Sewing Circle, and those organized by RMS ''Titanic'' survivor Emily Goldsmith aboard the rescue ship RMS ''Carpathia'': Goldsmith, "a talented seamstress, organized sewing circles to make garments out of cloth and blankets for those passengers dressed in nightclothes when they entered the lifeboats."
Apart from charitable purposes, contemporary sewing circles may be formed into organisations on a national level, such as the Guilds in Australia and America "for people who regard sewing as a creative and rewarding activity".
"Chew the rag"
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